Africa Great Lakes Democracy Watch

Welcome toAfrica Great Lakes Democracy Watch Blog.Our objective is to promote the institutions of democracy,social justice,Human Rights,Peace, Freedom ofExpression, and Respect to humanity in Rwanda,Uganda,DR Congo, Burundi,Sudan, Tanzania, Kenya,Ethiopia, and Somalia. We strongly believe that Africa will develop if only our presidents stop being rulers of men and become leaders of citizens. We support Breaking the Silence Campaign for DR Congo since we believe the democracy in Rwanda means peace inDRC. Follow this link to learn more about the origin of the war in both Rwanda and DR Congo:http://www.rwandadocumentsproject.net/gsdl/cgi-bin/library

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The word Intore is given to famous Rwandan dance “Intore, a “dance of heroes”. It is performed

by men wearing grass wigs and carrying spears. It was a dance performed by returning

warriors,
celebrating victory in battle. At certain stages the dancers stop, with
arms outstretched and make blood-curdling battle cries.The training is
therefore to produce warriors to fight any dissenting ideology by
force.

In
Rwanda, this ideological education has been made compulsory. For
example in May 2008 local authorities in Gicumbi district in Northern
Province sacked over 100 teachers for reportedly refusing to participate
in the training that saw over 40,000 primary and secondary school
teachers participate:

Let us recall that the word interahammwe which meant “people working harmoniously

together for a common purpose” referred to Hutu politicians who worked together and

braved death threats while fighting to exploitative and oppressive monarchical system of

government. In its creation, the interahamwe were not meant to kill Tutsi but rather formed

to propagate and defend the political ideas and values of MRND party.

Given the past political and violent history of Rwanda and in consideration the recent

Rwandan government foiled plan by the MI5 to eliminate physically its critics in the UK,

the Rwandan community in UK is extremely worried of the ideological training of Rwandan

youth in the UK and therefore requests the UK government to impress upon the Rwandan

High Commission and its affiliated Rwandan community association to stop the training into

Rwandan into ideological extremism.

Regards,

Noble Marara

Assistant Coordinator

Email:
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